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The lights are too fucking bright right now by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-07-29
There really was no way he would have been able to break up with Shane tonight. He is a weak, weak man. He is a weak man who needs to get the fuck out of here before he goes back on Twitter and causes problems, or before he does something else insane like sniffing through Shane’s underwear drawer or running a reverent hand across his yoga mat. All around him is Shane Shane Shane and Shane is not here. Shane is at Montreal General Hospital in unknown condition, possibly alone.
Ilya is putting his shoes on before he fully realizes that he’s decided to go to the hospital.
Shane Hollander is carted off the ice after getting hit by Cliff Marlow. An exhausted and still-grieving Ilya Rozanov spirals, makes some stupid choices, and accidentally finds himself hanging out with his situationship’s parents.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 41,054
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #88490386
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Shane, Meet Shovel by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-06-12
While enjoying a night out at The Kingfisher, Ilya is sporting some very concerning bruises. After drunkenly revealing to Scott that Jane is Shane Hollander, Scott takes it upon himself to give Shane the Shovel Talk.
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Scott thinks Shane is abusing Ilya, so he ropes Carter Vaughn and Eric Bennet into kidnapping Shane and threatening to kill him.
- Part 8 of Seasoned Gay to the Rescue
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 13,785
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #85308766
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This Wasn't the Beginning I Pictured (but I think it's working for me) by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-04-16
What if Ilya had stayed for round two the night of their first hook up, only to fall asleep there and be discovered by Yuna Hollander the next morning?
OR: Shane gets a version of the “Rose tells him he’s gay” conversation at 19 instead of 25, and it comes from his mother.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,158
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #83246176
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Hollanov Wedding ft. THE BOYZZZ 🙌🏽 by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-03-31
...Or, more appropriately, THE BOYZZZ 🙌🏽 ft. Hollanov Wedding.
No angst, no chairs—just vibes.
Only makes sense if you read the first installment of the series before this.
- Part 2 of THE BOYZZZ 🙌🏽
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,556
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #82169521
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Now That I Have You, I Won’t Let You Go by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-03-08
Scott fears the wrath of Yuna Hollander. He does not need that woman to end his life before he gets to share the rest of it with Kip. It also makes him feel more and more like a parent. Oh god, did he just adopt two baby gays? “Yes,” he can hear Kip’s voice in his head, “yes we did.” Scott doesn’t know if he wants to laugh or cry.
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After helping Shane and Ilya confront their feelings, Scott sends them back to Ottawa to face their new reality and Shane's parents. Sequel to Lecture From a Seasoned Gay.- Part 2 of Seasoned Gay to the Rescue
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,398
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #80582771
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Harris, who was sitting next to Shane, nudged him with his foot. “Yeah, I mean, it’s not kinky kinky unless Shane went out and bought, like, a full-on sex swing or something crazy like–” Harris stopped talking because Shane had frozen. Completely frozen. His glass halted halfway to his lips. His eyes went wide and fixed on a point on the far wall. The blush that had been a soft pink bloomed into a scarlet tide that crept from his neckline to the roots of his hair. Ilya, watching him, threw his head back and burst out laughing. (or, 5 times Ottawa Centaurs found out their sweet Canadian cinnamonroll is a freak and 1 time they realized that Hollanov's freaks are matched)
- Part 10 of Crashing out over Hollanov
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,421
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #80574526
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It's hard to keep a mate a secret. It's even harder to share their heat. Scott Hunter is trying to do both those things while stuck in an elevator with Shane Hollander.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,935
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #79445886
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the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors by violet_pencil
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-01-18
"Rozanov went to see Shane in the hospital..." One sunny afternoon, after an awkward encounter in the gift shop of Montreal General Hospital, Yuna Hollander decides she hates Ilya Rozanov just a bit less. Translation into Русский available: Семейные узы by chouchoute, silksosoft, WTF Heated rivalry 2026 (fandomHeatedRivalry) David goes to the hospital immediately, of course, but visiting hours are over before Shane gets moved into the observation unit, and eventually he has to leave to get a couple of hours' sleep before heading into work. Yuna wanted to be there; she should have been. She hardly ever misses one of Shane's home games, but there was a major Rolex product launch event in Toronto and she thought it would be good for someone from Shane's camp to make an appearance. Which means she's not there the one time something happens— the one time Shane really needs her. When Yuna finally lands in Montreal, head aching and jaw set, she's running on coffee and fumes, her phone battery at seventeen percent. Of course they've lost her hurried rental car reservation and the only thing left is a huge, unwieldy Lincoln town car. She usually spends a minute walking around any rental with her phone, documenting pre-existing scratches or dings, but she has the feeling she's probably going to scrape this thing along a bollard in the hospital parking garage anyway and quite honestly, at this point, she doesn't give a damn. When she arrives at the hospital, she ducks into a restroom for a moment to practice an encouraging smile in the mirror. It looks unconvincing and terrible. She can't even blame the fluorescent lights. She splashes her face with icy cold water, then folds up a cold wet paper towel and holds it against her eyes for twenty seconds, counting methodically. It helps, a little. The volunteer at the front desk gets flustered when asked for Shane's room number. Luckily for her, not too flustered to request the patient privacy password that Coach Theriault established before she acknowledges that Shane has been admitted and giving Yuna directions to his room. On the way to the elevators, Yuna passes the hospital gift shop, its doors flanked by a display of bouquets and a huge stuffed giraffe with balloons tied around its neck. She pauses. There are things Shane likes when he's in the hospital. Lip balm. Sugarless mints. A nice, solid coffee mug to drink from instead of those fiddly plastic cups. Maybe some gentle cleansing wipes for his face. He hates being gross and sweaty. She steps inside, eyes scanning over the tchotchkes, get-well cards and magazines, candy and gum, and blinks. Is that...? It is. The terror and the bad boy of the league, Ilya Rozanov, in a black suede jacket and fashionably straight-legged jeans. He looks thoughtful and tired, heavy-lidded eyes almost shut as he uses one finger to idly rotate a spinner rack overflowing with small stuffed animals. She doesn't say anything, but he seems to sense her gaze and looks up, startled. "Oh. Mrs. Hollander." "Rozanov," she says coolly. "Uh." He looks her up and down. "You just get in?" She nods, and he pulls his hand away from the spinner rack, oddly tense. "I was just up to see him. He, uh... he seems in good spirits. You know. He's okay." He is not okay. A concussion and a cracked collarbone is not okay. It's weeks of painful recovery and physical therapy, weeks of trying to keep Shane from pushing himself too hard without smothering him— and, as they both know very well, he's out of the playoffs. Yuna takes a deep breath. She knows that none of that is what Rozanov meant, and anyway snapping at him won't do anything to make Shane feel better. Then, of course, because it's Ilya fucking Rozanov, he has to keep pushing. "I should have brought him a Raiders bear, maybe," he says, gesturing at the stuffed toys with a little smirk. "They don't have one, so." "Oh. You think that's funny?" Yuna says, seeing red. "You think this is funny?" "No!" Rozanov says immediately. "No, Mrs. Hollander. I don't think that. I don't." Yuna presses her lips together. She is upset and worried and furious, but not at Rozanov, not really. "Sorry." "No," he says, just as quickly. "I understand. You're good mother. You worry. It's fine." Oh, god, both Rozanov's parents have passed, haven't they? He lost his father a few weeks ago. Maybe that's another reason he looks so hollow and worn out around the eyes. "Really, I... didn't mean to fly off the handle." "No, no," Rozanov mutters, looking down, as if he were more comfortable when she was snapping at him, and less comfortable with a conversation between two adults just talking to each other like humans. There are so many feral hockey boys like Rozanov— on their own in foreign countries since they were teenagers, treating the world like one big locker room, where the biggest dick-swinger always wins. The silence stretches on. She doesn't think she's ever seen Rozanov this quiet for this long, at least not since he made captain and his English started improving enough to give good snappy soundbites. "Well," she says. "It was good of you to stop by." And it was. He didn't have to. No one would have made him. "Well," Rozanov says, "I'm the captain. So." He glances back at the stuffed animals. "I don't mean to make fun. He's just very high right now, you know. You'll see. Everything is funny." He reaches for a little golf-ball sized round bird, practically spherical with a little felt beak and wings. "Maybe this one, eh? To chirp at him." Okay, maybe it's the sleep deprivation, but Yuna has to admit: it's sort of funny. She stifles a half-laugh. His mouth twitches, and she nods and turns away awkwardly to her own shopping... and then somehow, by the time she's done collecting everything Shane needs, Rozanov has actually spent fourteen Canadian dollars on a stupid stuffed bird. He reaches out and drops it gently into her shopping bag without asking. He's still smiling faintly in that half-mocking way that is always so infuriating in interviews. "Thanks," Yuna says flatly, and turns to make her way to the elevator bank. Well, what is she going to do, dig it out and throw it on the ground just because Ilya Rozanov bought it?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,460
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #77813076
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It's the start of the Irina Foundation hockey camps. Ilya can't wait to meet the new kids, and work with his and Shane's friends. This year, they are surrounded by good people who are giving up time in their summer to help. Ilya appreciates every one of them, he really does, the camps wouldn't be the same without them, it's just a shame it's so obvious how much JJ doesn't like him. But they can be civil to one another for these camps, for Shane's sake if nothing else. Can't they?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 19,076
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #76866406
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Get the fire out from the wire (I'd share a life and you'd share a life) by LoneswaggingRanger
Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-01-04
While Shane is out talking with his mom about his sexuality and her unquestionable acceptance, Ilya and his father are inside having a heart-to-heart of their own. Shane's father is so… nice. Easy, kind. Not constantly demanding that Ilya performs more, provides more, gives more, wins more, more, more, more— "So, uh." Shane's father cuts through the fog of Ilya's thoughts. "How do you feel about all of this?" What sort of question was that? "Uh, good, I guess." Ilya shrugs, before remembering that David's son is probably out there having a panic attack with his crying wife.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,546
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #77082031
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So, you like New Yorker? by oxfordcommachameleon
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2025-12-27
“So,” Ilya cleared his throat, the word sounding too loud in the stillness. “Shane tells me you like New Yorker.” Shane’s dad looked at him from where he was rinsing out a glass in the sink, visibly surprised that Ilya had spoken first. “Oh. Yes,” he said after a beat. “I like to read in the mornings. I love the crossword. Do you read The New Yorker too?” “No.” “Oh.” or While Shane is outside with his mother, Ilya finds unexpected understanding and warmth in a quiet kitchen conversation with the man who helped raised the boy he loves.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,580
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #76503241
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It only takes eight years for Ilya to realise he and Shane have never gone on an actual date. The nature of their relationship has never really called for it, but since Hollander is looking for, admittedly, more than Ilya is able to provide at the minute, it wouldn't hurt to start acting like the kind of couple Hollander wants to be.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,561
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #76190966